jQuery.extend({
  
    createUploadIframe: function(id, uri)
  {
      //create frame
            var frameId = 'jUploadFrame' + id;
            var iframeHtml = '<iframe id="' + frameId + '" name="' + frameId + '" style="position:absolute; top:-9999px; left:-9999px"';
      if(window.ActiveXObject)
      {
                if(typeof uri== 'boolean'){
          iframeHtml += ' src="' + 'JavaScript:false' + '"';
                }
                else if(typeof uri== 'string'){
          iframeHtml += ' src="' + uri + '"';
                } 
      }
      iframeHtml += ' />';
      jQuery(iframeHtml).appendTo(document.body);
            return jQuery('#' + frameId).get(0);      
    },
    createUploadForm: function(id, fileElementId, data)
  {
    //create form 
    var formId = 'jUploadForm' + id;
    var fileId = 'jUploadFile' + id;
    var form = jQuery('<form  action="" method="POST" name="' + formId + '" id="' + formId + '" enctype="multipart/form-data"></form>');  
    if(data)
    {
      for(var i in data)
      {
        jQuery('<input type="hidden" name="' + i + '" value="' + data[i] + '" />').appendTo(form);
      }     
    }   
    var oldElement = jQuery('#' + fileElementId);
    var newElement = jQuery(oldElement).clone();
    jQuery(oldElement).attr('id', fileId);
    jQuery(oldElement).before(newElement);
    jQuery(oldElement).appendTo(form);

    
    //set attributes
    jQuery(form).css('position', 'absolute');
    jQuery(form).css('top', '-1200px');
    jQuery(form).css('left', '-1200px');
    jQuery(form).appendTo('body');    
    return form;
    },
    ajaxFileUpload: function(s) {
        // TODO introduce global settings, allowing the client to modify them for all requests, not only timeout    
        s = jQuery.extend({}, jQuery.ajaxSettings, s);
        var id = new Date().getTime()        
    var form = jQuery.createUploadForm(id, s.fileElementId, (typeof(s.data)=='undefined'?false:s.data));
    var io = jQuery.createUploadIframe(id, s.secureuri);
    var frameId = 'jUploadFrame' + id;
    var formId = 'jUploadForm' + id;    
        // Watch for a new set of requests
        if ( s.global && ! jQuery.active++ )
    {
      jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxStart" );
    }            
        var requestDone = false;
        // Create the request object
        var xml = {}   
        if ( s.global )
            jQuery.event.trigger("ajaxSend", [xml, s]);
        // Wait for a response to come back
        var uploadCallback = function(isTimeout)
    {     
      var io = document.getElementById(frameId);
            try 
      {       
        if(io.contentWindow)
        {
           xml.responseText = io.contentWindow.document.body?io.contentWindow.document.body.innerHTML:null;
                   xml.responseXML = io.contentWindow.document.XMLDocument?io.contentWindow.document.XMLDocument:io.contentWindow.document;
           
        }else if(io.contentDocument)
        {
           xml.responseText = io.contentDocument.document.body?io.contentDocument.document.body.innerHTML:null;
                  xml.responseXML = io.contentDocument.document.XMLDocument?io.contentDocument.document.XMLDocument:io.contentDocument.document;
        }           
            }catch(e)
      {
        jQuery.handleError(s, xml, null, e);
      }
            if ( xml || isTimeout == "timeout") 
      {       
                requestDone = true;
                var status;
                try {
                    status = isTimeout != "timeout" ? "success" : "error";
                    // Make sure that the request was successful or notmodified
                    if ( status != "error" )
          {
                        // process the data (runs the xml through httpData regardless of callback)
                        var data = jQuery.uploadHttpData( xml, s.dataType );    
                        // If a local callback was specified, fire it and pass it the data
                        if ( s.success )
                            s.success( data, status );
    
                        // Fire the global callback
                        if( s.global )
                            jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxSuccess", [xml, s] );
                    } else
                        jQuery.handleError(s, xml, status);
                } catch(e) 
        {
                    status = "error";
                    jQuery.handleError(s, xml, status, e);
                }
                // The request was completed
                if( s.global )
                    jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxComplete", [xml, s] );
                // Handle the global AJAX counter
                if ( s.global && ! --jQuery.active )
                    jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxStop" );
                // Process result
                if ( s.complete )
                    s.complete(xml, status);
                jQuery(io).unbind()
                setTimeout(function()
                  { try 
                    {
                      jQuery(io).remove();
                      jQuery(form).remove();  
                      
                    } catch(e) 
                    {
                      jQuery.handleError(s, xml, null, e);
                    }                 
                  }, 100)
                xml = null
            }
        }
        // Timeout checker
        if ( s.timeout > 0 ) 
    {
            setTimeout(function(){
                // Check to see if the request is still happening
                if( !requestDone ) uploadCallback( "timeout" );
            }, s.timeout);
        }
        try 
    {
      var form = jQuery('#' + formId);
      jQuery(form).attr('action', s.url);
      jQuery(form).attr('method', 'POST');
      jQuery(form).attr('target', frameId);
            if(form.encoding)
      {
        jQuery(form).attr('encoding', 'multipart/form-data');           
            }
            else
      { 
        jQuery(form).attr('enctype', 'multipart/form-data');      
            }     
            jQuery(form).submit();
        } catch(e) 
    {     
            jQuery.handleError(s, xml, null, e);
        }
    
    jQuery('#' + frameId).load(uploadCallback );
        return {abort: function () {}}; 
    },
    uploadHttpData: function( r, type ) {
        var data = !type;
        data = type == "xml" || data ? r.responseXML : r.responseText;
        // If the type is "script", eval it in global context
        if ( type == "script" )
            jQuery.globalEval( data );
        // Get the JavaScript object, if JSON is used.
        if ( type == "json" )
            eval( "data = " + data );
        // evaluate scripts within html
        if ( type == "html" )
            jQuery("<div>").html(data).evalScripts();
        return data;
    },handleError: function( s, xhr, status, e ) {
        // If a local callback was specified, fire it
        if ( s.error )
            s.error( xhr, status, e );
        // If we have some XML response text (e.g. from an AJAX call) then log it in the console
        else if(xhr.responseText)
            console.log(xhr.responseText);
    }
})